Kotappakonda kshetram

Trikutadri is located at a distance of 10 km from Narasaraopet in Guntur district. It is also known as Kotappakonda or Trikotadri. The three peaks are clearly visible in the direction in which this triangular motion is made. The lord of this mountain is named Thikkuteswara. It measures around 9 km and can be used as a low-rise. It is also known as Trikotadri as there are 3 mountain peaks namely Brahma Shikhara, Vishnu Shikhara and Rudra Shikhara. Koteshwara Swamy Temple is located on the summit of Vishnu. Near the temple is a pond called Papa Annihilation. The Ogeru River flows south of the hill. The Bochukotayya Gudi is located at the bottom of the hill. Devotees offer heads wherever they can. On the day of Shivratri, devotees tie their children to a high pillar and pay their respects. The top of the Trikuteshwar Temple on the Trikuta Mountain was divided into three parts. The shrine houses the old Kotayya Gari Gudi on the first hill. Currently, it is in ruins. The temple of Sri Trikuteshwara Swamy is located on the second hill. There is a large, Navagraha mandapa and a meditation hall here. At the bottom of the third part of the hill are the Bochu Kotayya Gari Mandir and the Kalyana Katta, Siddhi Vinayaka Mandir. Swami Trikoteshwar on the hill. Neelkhanteshwara Prasanna Koteshwara Temple is located at the bottom of the hill. The Swami of this place is said to have passed away after the death of Sati Devi in ​​the Daksha Yajna. Kotappa Hill, at a height of 1584 feet, is famous as a Shaiva shrine. Here is a 687 feet high linga shaped Shiva temple with the name Koteshwara. There is a 703-step path to reach the temple from the top of the hill. The stairway was built in 1761 AD by Gundarayula, the king of Sri Raja Mal, who ruled the region. There is a 4.5 km long ghat road to reach the temple. It was built in the years 1998-2000. In this main mandapam, there is a shrine called Nandeeshwadu on one side, Kumara Swami on the other, Kumara Medha on the other side, Medha Dakshinamoorthy in the middle, and a meditation hall with an idol of Lord Shiva meditating on the Padmasana on the left.

The Trikutaparvata is the mountain where Lord Shiva goes mad after the Satyagraha, attracts Shiva, gives him shelter, and sings Dhyana Nimagnud. While Lord Shiva was doing penance on this shrine, a farmer named Shalankayya came to the place where Lord Shiva was doing penance while grazing his cattle and saw Lord Shiva in the form of a yogi. He bowed to Lord Shiva with devotion and offered the fruits near him to the Lord. One day Shalankayya came to Lord Shiva and begged him to come to his house and receive hospitality. Then Swami promised to come as well. There is a small village called Kondakavoor just south of Kotappakonda. Nanda and Kundari, a Yadava couple, lived there. They have a daughter named Anandavalli. She is a great devotee of Shiva. Once Gollabama took milk to drink Shiva and when he was chopping flowers and flowers on a nearby tree, a crow came and spit milk on the milk pots. Gollabama was angry and cursed that there should be no crows in the area.

Crows have not come up this hill since then. Every day he would go up the Rudra peak with his friends and Swami would come and worship them. God made her pregnant by the power of yoga to test that Gollabama devotion. Worshiping him did not stop going up the peak every day. Pregnant, he can not come to the hill called Anandavalli Golla Bama Father, come down now! As she prayed to Shiva, her mother-in-law said to Lord Shiva, "Gollabama, you should not look back until I go downstairs, which means OK." Swami Paddhati was horrified when the hills burst open and Golla Bhama looked back. Seeing her, Lord Shiva became a linga form. That snail turned into a Bama rock form. At that time Shalankayya Swami had not yet come to the hospital. While Shalankayya was weeping in amazement, there were rumors that when the Koti Prabhas would move down this hill from the Shivalingam, then I would come down the hill.

On hearing Swami's words, Shalankayya came to his village Ayana Yalamanda and made a Prabha with devotional zeal and explained it to the people and told them to come to the Swami wearing Prabha. From then on, the custom of wearing prabhas and coming to Konda with the Prabha started here. Golla Bhama Ananda Valli also has a temple. This temple, the temple of Swami Vari was built by these two Shalankayya. Shalankayya wanted to build a temple for Goddess but Swami did not build a temple for Goddess as they came to Shalankayya in a dream and told him that Goddess Sati was in disarray and not to build a temple for her. Therefore, marriage ceremonies are not held for the Swami on Kotappakonda. This Trikuteshwar is Brahma Chari. So he was the only one who chose not to receive worship here. Since this deity is Brahma Chari, there is a rule that those who worship him should also be Brahmacharis. So those priests are described as celibate during the period of worshiping Swami respectively. Apart from the regular pujas, the Swami also performs many festivals here. The Maha Shivaratri festival is very important in it. On that day the Kotappakonda feasts take place in great splendor. This is a popular fair in Andhra Pradesh. The beams adorned with electric bulbs come here from far and wide to receive the blessings of Trikuteshwara Swami. Sri Krishnadevaraya, who conquered Kondavid, came to Kotappakonda from Achat and Swami gave them valuable gifts and wrote a village called Kondakavoor for the perpetual incense lamp offerings.